When I'm in Paris I love seeing dogs everywhere (well, can't say I've ever seen one in a Monoprix) and asking their owners what their names are. French dogs have such surprising names: Benedict, Serge, Chanel, Wolouff... I'm a big fan of Biff, and I'm laughing over how his name must sound to French ears: Beef? Boeuf? B'if?

Bear and Biff are so cute! I can't blame Bear for wanting to eat all of the chips, the chocolates and yogurt as they are so many on display in the monoprix in Paris. Love those many varieties of yogurts in the Paris Monoprix! I would love to try those chips though.

Regarding the artisanale and a l'ancienne chips – On our trip to France last September we got some chips similar to those. When eating them I remembered something about most American chips coming from potatoes that have a low water content, so when they are fried they stay uniform. The chips we ate all but appeared to have exploded, and all of those irregularities had much more flavor !

I always love hearing about Bear! I'm drooling over that wall of chocolate. Sigh. Love the picture of Bear with the little girl - just adorable. But are you sure it was Bear that liked the strawberry earrings? Maybe it was his person?! Ahem!

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Hi I'm Carol Gillott,
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